Milk Allergy

[Cathy in IL]

I had my suspicions, and now the tests confirmed it. My littlest one is allergic to milk. the nutritionist from the hospital called today and sent me a list of all sorts of things to stay away from. We already deal with peanut, egg, sesame, and sunflower allergies. Now I need to learn about milk allergy and how to feed her safely. I don't think it's going to be simple.

[rafiki]

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[Emily in FL]

Really, if you are already avoiding so many other things, it won't be much more to avoid milk. I know right now it doesn't feel that way though.

 

Milk was the first allergy we discovered in my ds. Some of the others have proven to be much more difficult to deal with (wheat, soy, and egg, for example). If you are used to reading labels already, you just have to remember to look for one more thing.

 

Milk substitutes like soy and rice milk really do work well for most recipes. My ds can't have soy milk anymore, but he liked it when he could have it. He likes his rice milk very well too. We haven't worried about calcium too much because his rice milk is fortified. We also try to make sure to include calcium rich veggies in his diet as much as possible.

 

I hope this helps you a little. If you have any specific questions, I'll be glad to try to answer them, or point you in the right direction. Hang in there. It does get easier.

 

:grouphug:

[ElizabethB]

Rice milk for cereal. Vanilla Rice Dream is the best tasting.

 

Oat milk for gravies. (Also good in coffee, she probably doesn't need to know that for a while!) However, it is better for hot chocolate than rice milk!

 

I wouldn't do much soy if she's allergy prone. I had a fair amount of soy and now I'm allergic to all beans, they are in the same food family.

 

I really like sheep cheese and sheep milk yoghurt if she can tolerate that, it's much yummier than goat cheese and goat milk.

[Wyndie]

Coconut milk is a decent sub for anything you need a "thicker" milk for. We've used it for hot chocolate and as a thickener in soups.

 

:grouphug: Allergies stink!

[Aggie]

I'll third the Rice Dream! I did make my own rice milk for a while, but it was too much trouble for as little as we consumed, ya know?

 

Rice Dream also makes ice cream, but it's $$ and it was hard for me to find.

 

Goat milk is good if you get it from a good dairy. What they eat and how quickly the milk is cooled with affect the taste.:001_smile: The worst tasting goat milk is what is sold in the stores, ioe.

 

 

:grouphug::grouphug:

[ElizabethB]

Rice Dream also makes ice cream, but it's $$ and it was hard for me to find.

 

I didn't like the ice cream much, I was just using it as a delivery device for the chocolate sauce!

 

I now just have Enjoy Life chocolate chips straight. They are allergen free. Sometimes if we're going somewhere where there will be a lot of yummy desserts, I'll bring some chocolate chips so I won't feel deprived.

[Kathy in MD]

Is he allergical to all parts of milk, or just certain proteins or sugars? For instance, my ds can handle whey protein with no problems, but the harder to digest cassein (sp) acts like an opiate in his system. Unfortunately cassein's in tons of stuff.

 

For milk substitutes, our general favorites are almond and hazzle nut milks.